Alberto Betella

Past

• Teaching Assistant at Università degli Studi di Bergamo
• IT consultant at Università degli Studi di Bergamo
• Researcher at Regione Lombardia

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Websites

• Personal Web Page
• My Open Source Script

Alberto Betella’s Summary

I was born in a small town near Brescia (Italy) in 1981.

I have a background in Humanities (Foreign Languages and Literature). However over the past years I have been captivated by multimedia and web-related issues, primarily web design and development. After a first approach to graphics (mainly Flash), I focused my research on subjects such as web standards, usability and accessibility.

I graduated at the University of Bergamo with a thesis about open source software and podcasting; in order to set up Pluriversiradio (an academic podcasting service by professor Marco Lazzari), I developed a free software (http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net) which has been adopted by several organizations and universities worldwide. In 2007 I obtained some research funds to conduct further investigation on podcasting as an e-learning facility.

I have been working since 2000 on web projects for educational institutions, non-profit organizations and public administrations, such as the Energy Department of the Politecnico di Milano, the Italian environmental association Legambiente and the Provincia di Cremona. I worked as a teacher in secondary schools and as a university lecturer.
I'm currently collaborating with the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Bergamo .

I treasure traveling, meeting new people, discovering languages and cultures.

I play the saxophone on the side, and I have a taste for juggling! Before moving to Barcelona (Spain), where I'm doing a master's in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media, I had been playing for some time with a band.

Recently my interests have extended to Human Computer Interaction (HCI); I'm intrigued by tangible user interfaces and softwares that process human actions in real-time. I'm particularly fascinated by the use of these technologies in fields such as rehabilitation and art, in order to create music or set up interactive installations.

Alberto Betella’s Specialties:

PHP, XML, xHTML, CSS, RSS, Flash Design, Web Design, Web Development, Web Standards, Web Accessibility, Web Interfaces, Open Source, Linux, Mac, LAMP, Podcasting, e-Learning, Interactive Systems, Arduino

Alberto Betella’s Experience

• Teaching Assistant

  Università degli Studi di Bergamo

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  February 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  Teaching Assistant - Computer Theory and Techniques for Multimedia Communication (Teorie e tecniche informatiche per la comunicazione multimediale)

• IT consultant

  Università degli Studi di Bergamo

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

  January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)

• Researcher

  Regione Lombardia

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)

  "Ingenio Lombardia" project, financed by European Social Fund (ESF) supported by University of Bergamo under the supervision of professor Marco Lazzari.

Additional Information

Alberto Betella’s Websites:

• Personal Web Page
• My Open Source Script

Alberto Betella’s Interests:

free software, copyleft, open source, linux, podcasting, web accessibility, web standards, web 2.0, e-learning, travels, art, languages, music, interactive installations